Domenico Angeloni (22 April 1732 – February 1817) was an Italian priest, theologist, and mathematician.

Biography

Andria was born to a baronial family (Baroni di Montemilio) in

Roccaraso Roccaraso is a town and ''comune'' in central Italy, in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region. History Founding The town of Roccaraso dates back to around 975 AD, and is located near the Rasinus stream, from which some believe it ...

in Abruzzo, but as a young man entered the congregation of the

Celestines The Celestines were a Roman Catholic monastic order, a branch of the Benedictines, founded in 1244. At the foundation of the new rule, they were called Hermits of St Damiano, or Moronites (or Murronites), and did not assume the appellation of Ce ...

, going on to study theology and philosophy at the monastery of San Pietro a Maiella in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

. He continued to study under Saladini in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...

, where he was granted a position as professor of philosophy and mathematics. With the suppression of the Ceslestine order he was assigned as abbot of the Abbey of San Spirito al Morrone, near

Sulmona Sulmona ( nap, label= Abruzzese, Sulmóne; la, Sulmo; grc, Σουλμῶν, Soulmôn) is a city and ''comune'' of the province of L'Aquila in Abruzzo, Italy. It is located in the Valle Peligna, a plain once occupied by a lake that disappeared in ...

. Among his works were:Dizionario biografico universale
Volume 1, compiled by Gioacchino Maria Olivier-Poli, Naples (1824); pages 67–68. *''Institutiones Logicae'', Naples 1772 *''Institutiones Antologieae ad usum juventutis congreationis monarchorum Caelestinorum'' *''L'Aritmetica'' *''L'Algebra per le quatita definite'' *''Trattato sul Calcolo infitemisale'' *''Corso di Teologia''

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